Class 56's on MGR trains in the coalfields of Yorkshire. 56069 passes through a power station discharge building. also a view of maintenance at Knottingley depot.
i think the HAA deserves a metion becouse it is an icon of colliery to power station and represents our country best (the wagon that powerd the nation) and the loco what pulled it (the 58s) 5*
Indeed that was the main reason for posting, Today all these freightliner coal trains seem so boring now, not just the fact they are 66 hauled but the wagons are rubbish too!
John Moore - Back this time the HAA 4 wheel wagons used were in set formations of 36 wagons this was the maximum length for sidings at track infrastructure such passing loops, the tonnage per train wasn't raised due to gradients and the power of the locomotive, The main reason they didn't raise the tonnage is in fact several trains go round and round all day from Pit to Power station, so the supply is covered, hence the name Merry Go Round.
@@Thunderer0872 I left British Coal in 1987 and hadn't worked at a colliery since 1985 (ish) The last colliery I worked at changed over from internally hauled where we had to break up the trains and re-couple them to BR hauled. When BR took over I'm certain we went from trains of 30 wagons to trains of 45 wagons.
